Laura V. Martinez is an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the Department of Communication Studies. Her research interests include occupational and organizational identification, body work, and materiality in non-traditional organizational contexts. She specializes in qualitative and arts-based methodologies. She received a Ph.D. in communication studies from Arizona State University. She received her M.A. and B.A. both in communication studies from California State University, Fullerton.